I am so excited to see this piece starting to take shape. I guess I really didn’t realize all of the steps that are involved in making such a custom piece of furniture. I actually think I began to salivate when I saw the first picture. The wood grain on these walnut boards is so amazing. Make sure to check out the rest of this post as Matt from Eastvold walks us through the steps necessary to achieve this level of craftsmanship.

From the pile of boards I ran each edge over the jointer.  This gives a nice straight edge to create a good glue joint.  



Boards in the clamps getting glued up.



After the glue has dried, I scrape the excess glue and start running them through the wide belt sander.  I set height of the sanding belt to the thickness of the boards (no this is not a left over control panel from the Cold War).  I have taken a photo of one of the end panels before sanding and after sanding.  I sand each piece flat with an 80 grit belt, then sand each side to 100grit and then finish it off with 150grit.  It is surprisingly a very satisfying process to see the rough glued up panels go to a flat piece ready to be used in the furniture.







Before sanding



After sanding



Now is the time for miter folding the outer perimeter of the box together.  I cut a 45 degree angle on the ends of each top and bottom panel and the side panels.  From here I line them up on the bench and tape each joint.  After taping each joint I roll the panels over and put a bead of glue in the trough created by the angle cuts.  Then it is time to fold all of the pieces into a box.







The next step is to build the interior structure. I am so stoked for the next post!

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